1. I. The commissioner shall collect the taxes, interest, additions to tax and penalties imposed under this chapter. The commissioner shall determine the expense of administration of this chapter and shall certify and pay over to the state treasurer the amount of remaining balance of the funds collected under this chapter after the expenses of administration have been deducted.

2. II. The commissioner of revenue administration shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:

   1. (a) The administration of the business profits tax; and
   2. (b) The recovery of any tax, interest on tax, or penalties imposed by this chapter or by RSA 21-J.
3. III. The commissioner may institute actions in the name of the state to recover any tax, interest on tax, additions to tax or the penalties imposed by this chapter.

4. IV. In the collection of the tax imposed by this chapter, the commissioner may use all of the powers granted to tax collectors under RSA 80 for the collection of taxes, except that the tax imposed by this chapter shall not take precedence over prior recorded mortgages. The commissioner shall also have all of the duties imposed upon the tax collectors by RSA 80 that are applicable. The provisions of RSA 80:26 apply to the sale of land for the payment of taxes due under this chapter, and the state treasurer is authorized to purchase the land for the state. If the state purchases the land, the state treasurer shall certify the purchase to the governor, and the governor shall draw a warrant for the purchase price out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

   V, VI. [Repealed.]

Source. 1970, 5:1; 57:2, 5. 1973, 544:9, 11. 1975, 439:34, VIII. 1977, 118:1. 1979, 446:5. 1981, 128:18, 19; 445:12. 1991, 163:22, 43, XIV. 1996, 154:5, eff. July 1, 1996.